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Born
Nelson (Rolihlahla) Mandela was born -
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Nelson Mandela
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Accused of overthrowing South African state
Accused of conspiring to overthrow the South African state by violent means with 155 other political activists and charged with high treason. The Treason Trial follows and all were acquitted -
Imprisonment
Arrested after living on the run for seventeen months and was imprisoned in the Johannesburg Fort -
Mandela's release
Nelson Mandela is released from prison after 27 years -
Black South Africans allowed to vote
Free Elections where black South Africans are allowed to vote for the first time. Nelson Mandela runs for President -
Became President
On May 10 Mandela was sworn in as the first black president of South Africa, with de Klerk serving as his first deputy. -
Died:
Nelson Mandela died from a respratory infection